San Francisco, El Petén
Encyclopedia
San Francisco is a municipality
in the El Petén department
of Guatemala
. The municipality has a population of 8,066 people.
The San Francisco municipal government is led by alcalde
Simon Vinicio Penados Gomez, of the National Unity of Hope
(UNE). The political party
UNE holds all but two offices in the government; those two are held by Grand National Alliance
(GANA) members.
The municipality includes 11 communities:
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the El Petén department
Departments of Guatemala
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of Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. The municipality has a population of 8,066 people.
The San Francisco municipal government is led by alcalde
Alcalde
Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town...
Simon Vinicio Penados Gomez, of the National Unity of Hope
National Unity of Hope
The National Unity of Hope is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defines itself as a social-democratic and social-Christian party....
(UNE). The political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
UNE holds all but two offices in the government; those two are held by Grand National Alliance
Grand National Alliance
The Grand National Alliance is a right-wing political party in Guatemala. The acronym "GANA" also spells out the word gana, from the verb ganar, "to win".-Formation and 2003 election:...
(GANA) members.
The municipality includes 11 communities:
- San Francisco (pop. 2713)
- San Juan de Dios (pop. 1118)
- Santa Cruz (pop. 246)
- Eben Ezer (pop. 229)
- San José Pinares (pop. 203)
- Nuevo San Francisco (pop. 144)
- San Valentín las Flores (pop. 1007)
- Santa Teresa (pop. 101)
- San Martín (pop. 347)
- Laguna El Zapotal (pop. 183)
- Nueva Guatemala (pop. 515)